Recently, haven’t you noticed many people wearing smartwatches?
Many people think of Apple Watch when it comes to smartwatches, but there are also many smartwatches from manufacturers other than Apple.
This time, I’m going to review a smartwatch sold by SOUNDPEATS, which is famous for its earphones.
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- A smartwatch that can be purchased for less than 5,000 yen
- Equipped with blood oxygen concentration measurement function
- Accurate sleep monitor & heart rate monitor
- Japanese notification support
- Waterproof and dustproof
- Dedicated app consumes too much battery (not usable)
- Difficult to charge due to magnetism
- Cannot make electronic payments
Basic information about 『SOUNDPEATS Watch 2』
Specifications
| Screen size | 1.28 inches |
| Resolution | 240×240 |
| Size | 45.7×42.6×11.6mm |
| Weight | 38g |
| Bluetooth version | 5.0 |
| Waterproof and dustproof | IP68 |
| Operating time | 7 days (when heart rate monitor is always enabled) |
| Battery capacity | 220mAh |
- Watch faces that can be customized with a dedicated app
- Can measure blood oxygen saturation
- Accurate sleep monitor & heart rate monitor
A major feature of this smartwatch is that it can measure blood oxygen saturation, which has become a hot topic during the coronavirus pandemic.
However, it is not designed as a medical device, so the values are for reference only.
Included items
- Main unit
- Instruction manual
- Charging cable
Exterior
It seems to have received the VGP Award 2022, so that sticker was also attached.
Personally, I see the VGP Award on various products, so I wonder if it’s really credible (laughs)
When I opened the box, I thought it didn’t look as cheap as I expected.
Charging is done using the included charging cable like this.
It’s not connected via USB, but it charges magnetically.
Actual usage experience
Dedicated app is required, and it consumes a lot of battery
To be honest, I don’t recommend buying this smartwatch.
As mentioned in the heading, a dedicated app is required and it consumes a lot of battery. It’s unusable.
The image above is a screenshot of my smartphone after charging it to 100% and using it until it reached 20%.
21%/80%, so this app consumes about 1/4 of the smartphone’s battery.
The battery life of my smartphone has definitely worsened since I installed this app.
There are countermeasures, but you can’t prevent it from running in the background, which will of course reduce battery consumption.
However, you won’t receive message notifications or automatic data synchronization.
It completely ruins the good points of a smartwatch!
You can create your own watch face
The image above is the app’s settings screen.
From the watch face settings, you can create a customized watch face using your favorite image.
It looks surprisingly good.
However, the resolution is not particularly high, so detailed depictions are impossible.
Illustrations should be fine, but if you use a photo of a person, the face will be blurred.
There are few watch faces that can display seconds in digital format
Types of watch faces are here
As you can see, there are few watch faces that can display seconds in digital format.
There are quite a few types of watch faces, but this is a disappointing point for me personally.
It’s very convenient to be able to display seconds in digital format when transferring trains…
Summary
I absolutely do not recommend it
As I mentioned earlier, I do not recommend buying this smartwatch.
The main unit is actually great, but the dedicated app is so bad that it’s really a shame.
If you’re going to buy this, you’re much happier spending a little more money on a smartwatch from another well-known manufacturer.
- A smartwatch that can be purchased for less than 5,000 yen
- Equipped with blood oxygen concentration measurement function
- Accurate sleep monitor & heart rate monitor
- Japanese notification support
- Waterproof and dustproof
- Dedicated app consumes too much battery (not usable)
- Difficult to charge due to magnetism
- Cannot make electronic payments
Recommended for people like this
- People who really love SOUNDPEATS
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Thank you for reading to the end!
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This article was originally written in Japanese and has been translated.
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